Spearfishing diver lost - Cádiz, Spain

[DandyDon]

Search continues for missing 23-year-old diver in Spain

EMERGENCY SERVICES have, so far, failed to find missing diver Fidel Jimenez Marín who went missing during a fishing trip.

The keen spear fisherman had recently relocated to Cadiz from Velez-Malaga.

His friend Juan Toro, who witnessed the incident eight kilometres out to sea, claims that shortly after diving into the water Jimenez Marin's body rose to the surface motionless and unconscious.

Despite a struggle to aid his friend, Toro was unable to pull him aboard before Jimenez Marin was pulled under by the strong current.

As the Guardia Civil, Local Police and Civil Protection volunteers continue their search, with underwater rescue teams and helicopter support, Jimenez Marin's distraught mother said of her son that “his life is the sea”.

“He has liked scuba diving since he was ten-years-old when he started to take octopus and fish from the sea."

 

[wgw04024]

This...

shortly after diving into the water Jimenez Marin's body rose to the surface motionless and unconscious.

And then this...

Toro was unable to pull him aboard before Jimenez Marin was pulled under by the strong current.

The first quote I picture a rippleless water surface.....and then the next quote I picture a vortex. Seems like an odd description.

 

[DandyDon]

The first quote I picture a rippleless water surface.....and then the next quote I picture a vortex. Seems like an odd description.

Yes, but coming from a person who dealt with a panicked situation leading to the loss of the diver, anything is possible.

 

[Vicko]

It was a freediver, he might have had a shallow water blackout and floated on the surface untill he aspirated water.

 

[DandyDon]

It was a freediver, he might have had a shallow water blackout and floated on the surface untill he aspirated water.

That's always a risk with freediving, but the article said "He has liked scuba diving since he was ten-years-old when he started to take octopus and fish from the sea."

 

[Vicko]

That's always a risk with freediving, but the article said "He has liked scuba diving since he was ten-years-old when he started to take octopus and fish from the sea."

Spearfishing with scuba is against the law in most European countries, most likely a misstranslation or bad reporting.